Pros:+ The Mane Six together for the first time since + Major Fluttershy cutness that seems to be done to make up for her two episode. Her excitement at Dash wanting her pet was super-adorable! + Really epic musical number, even better that Dash gets more song time.+ Some nice pet interaction with the other mane characters.+ Really cool race scene.+ Tank the Tortoise having helicopter blades is actually pretty cool and makes the mostly predictable plot worth it.

Cons:- The predictability of Tank being the pet. Right when he walked into the number I knew who will be the winner at the end and now the episode becomes a waiting game for the predictable conclusion.

A bit boring at times, still I like it.

QUOTE(Database @ Nov 19 2011, 09:36 AM)

For all the Fanon breaking we heard will happen, seems one bit gets made official.

More like acknowledging the toyline. I wish the pet there had helicopter blades.

The vulture who avoided Fluttershy in Best Night Ever has now moved to Fluttershy's cottage

Beautiful detail in the pet playing scene - Rarity leading Opalescence on with a mouse toy for her to play with/ capture XD

The song came out of freakin' nowhere.

Wasps. Wasps are awesome. And RBD agrees. I like her a lot more now~

Btw, I very much appreciate the immense accuracy of the wasp's anatomy. Whoever made her, great job~

Yellow-striped bats... That's what 1960s's Batman was lacking XD

Violent Opalescence becomes scarier with every iteration :<

lol @ the turtle trying to look cooler with the sunglasses ^^ Obviously, we already knew the episode's outcome once he entered the scene durign the song. But hey, why not

Getting a pet is SERIOUS BUSINESS. Interesting way of bringing that lesson home

It appears that managing to become Rainbow Dash's pet automatically qualifies you for the olympics.

Rainbow Dash is such a dick :<

<Fluttershy> Should we sing again? lol'd

Also, why the hell did the show lose it's E/I when it goes to such length to depict animal's specialities with such remarkable accuracy? No obvious mistakes that I could spot. Even the Red-Tailed Hawk's scream was properly associated with it rather than with the eagle (As Hollywood would do it). Some serious research done here

Also, in the end, a nice way to bring the lesson home that one's pet doesn't have to be exotic to be great~ FiM to protect exotic and difficult to keep animals from happy suburban families during christmas time~

Btw, I noticed that the Hub finally used some higher-profile commercials. A good thing, I imagine.

By and large...

Awesome episode.

In fact, Brilliant Episode. Loved every second of it, despite Rarity barely featuring.

[Caboose] 8:31 am: Yes![scavgraphics] 8:31 am: but no Derpy's pet[Caboose] 8:32 am: Awesome episode. GO TANK[okamitsu] 8:32 am: Or Luna.[Agent X] 8:32 am: It's a turtle! No, its Helicopter! No, its a tank![Agent X] 8:32 am: It's 3 toys in ONE!![okamitsu] 8:32 am: It's a sky tank![Agent X] 8:32 am: Sorry, tortosie.[okamitsu] 8:32 am: Tank Inaction Figures! It does absolutely nothing![Agent X] 8:32 am: Approves[Caboose] 8:33 am: Woohoo![scavgraphics] 8:33 am: does he drink TruMoo?[okamitsu] 8:33 am: I drink moomoo.[Agent X] 8:33 am: I'd drink the mom.[okamitsu] 8:34 am: Suddenly creepy comment. Check.[scavgraphics] 8:34 am: 3 underated muppet movies[pao] 8:34 am: wish they had *all* the Muppet films, rather than just the most recent three (new release excepted)[Agent X] 8:34 am: Wait....[Agent X] 8:34 am: no. I got it right the first time. Nevermind.[scavgraphics] 8:34 am: i think disney has the original 3[pao] 8:34 am: Muppet Christmas Carol is excellent as was Treasure Island; didn't much care for From Space[okamitsu] 8:35 am: So what background pony showed up? None?[scavgraphics] 8:35 am: I like space, tI was just ok...but Christmas Carol is my favorte of all adaptaions[Agent X] 8:35 am: None.[okamitsu] 8:35 am: Captain Invisible[pao] 8:35 am: agreed, it's the Official Interpretation as far as my family is concerned[Agent X] 8:35 am: And No CMCs.[okamitsu] 8:36 am: But just a Fluttershy and Rainbow song.[pao] 8:36 am: song reprise![scavgraphics] 8:36 am: I shall watch it at least once, if not twice in the next month[scavgraphics] 8:36 am: So, they wake Owlicious up for play dates?[okamitsu] 8:36 am: She started-out with the tone she ended her Cutie Mark Chronicles song with.[okamitsu] 8:37 am: Spike's a pet, too. And he got one line.[scavgraphics] 8:37 am: Otters and seals! yay[Agent X] 8:37 am: "Personal Assistant"![scavgraphics] 8:37 am: Almost as good as Beagles[okamitsu] 8:37 am: He's not so personal anymore.[pao] 8:37 am: so...much...uvula[scavgraphics] 8:38 am: Spike, I think, is termed a "Familiar"[okamitsu] 8:38 am: Suddenly 20% louder.[Caboose] 8:38 am: Spike is functionally Twilight's little brother.[okamitsu] 8:38 am: 'Pop and tab'?[scavgraphics] 8:39 am: The Seal and otter do raise questions about Ponyville's geocgraphy[okamitsu] 8:39 am: Anypony know how long this song is?[pao] 8:39 am: Dash's climb/roll with overhead camera was a nice shot, to pick one out[okamitsu] 8:39 am: Well, was it Cutie Mark Chronicles where they went snorkling and found an octopus?[scavgraphics] 8:40 am: Nayuki, this was one of your's, right?[Nayuki] 8:40 am: yep[scavgraphics] 8:40 am: oka: true[scavgraphics] 8:40 am: Ponyville SeaWorld?[okamitsu] 8:41 am: I still think they're not too far from a south-east coast.[Caboose] 8:41 am: WOOT[scavgraphics] 8:41 am: Good job, Nayuki! Song popped well[Caboose] 8:41 am: Alright guys[Caboose] 8:41 am: OFF TO WORK[Caboose] 8:41 am: Seeya on the forums![okamitsu] 8:41 am: Ja nei![Caboose] 8:41 am: *Takes off like a herd of turt-ER-tortoises*[The Well]: Caboose has left at 8:41 am[okamitsu] 8:42 am: Anypony see that 'What is your pony name' meme?[scavgraphics] 8:42 am: no...saw a Pony Name vs Porn Star name quiz once[pao] 8:42 am: alright, we're through the song, time to get some coffee[Agent X] 8:43 am: Hey Nayuki, question: Will Cheerilee ever get her own "Moment"?[okamitsu] 8:43 am: That's spoilers.[Nayuki] 8:43 am: I can't talk about future episodes[Agent X] 8:43 am: Thats cool essay.[scavgraphics] 8:44 am: well you could, but you'd lose that episode's trust.[pao] 8:44 am: if there's one thing I've learned from watching YGO BBT Abridged, it's that we don't want spoilers or we'll be stuck in subspace with whoever's most annoying[scavgraphics] 8:44 am: FOREVER!!!!![Agent X] 8:44 am: TANKS for answering. [Nayuki] 8:44 am: NO, TANK YOU[pao] 8:44 am: heh[scavgraphics] 8:44 am: pops out of a bowl of honeycombs[scavgraphics] 8:45 am: FOREVER!!!!![okamitsu] 8:45 am: And now Dash will join the ranks of Octavia and Lyra for 'Ponies who stand on their hind legs'.[Agent X] 8:45 am: I can totally go for some Fruit Loops. don't know why.[okamitsu] 8:46 am: I got coco krispies.[okamitsu] 8:46 am: Did that butterfly just let out a sonic screech?[scavgraphics] 8:46 am: Why does he Eagle do Curling?[okamitsu] 8:47 am: Well, it is native to Washington, which borders Canada.[Nayuki] 8:47 am: because curling is clearly the greatest sport known to man[okamitsu] 8:47 am: Lies! Allie plays the greatest sport KNOWN TO PONY KIND![Agent X] 8:48 am: But HOW does she do it without a flamethrower?[okamitsu] 8:48 am: Because she's that awesome.[okamitsu] 8:49 am: I didn't see any graphical errors, although there seems to be a suddenly enourmus clearing in the middle of town.[Agent X] 8:49 am: So now all Equstria maps will need to be altered for the gorge.[okamitsu] 8:50 am: Which ones're the Valkryries?[Agent X] 8:50 am: The ones in flight.[scavgraphics] 8:51 am: So, Dash whistles to the backround music...which means that there wasa Richard Wagner pony in history?[okamitsu] 8:52 am: I'm trying to remember the Portal 1 song, Still Alive, lyrics, but this song is distracting me.[okamitsu] 8:52 am: That's the closest thing to an error I see: Dash's wing looks like it twists upside down when she turns away from the rock.[scavgraphics] 8:52 am: a Petstore in New orleans once had an eel named Murray[scavgraphics] 8:52 am: oka: [okamitsu] 8:53 am: No, I was just trying to remember it, but I kept drifting back to Flight of the Valkyries.[scavgraphics] 8:54 am: but there it is....with Ponies![okamitsu] 8:54 am: Dan called the opening song 'Find a Pet'.[scavgraphics] 8:55 am: this does lead to the question of what are pegasus wings made of[okamitsu] 8:55 am: Pixie dust and dragon scales.[Nayuki] 8:56 am: marshmellows?[okamitsu] 8:56 am: Licorice bones, marshmallow skin and dragon scales.[okamitsu] 8:57 am: Somepony actually sneezes and no 'gadzuntite'.[WorkbenchManiac] 8:57 am: Gesundheit[okamitsu] 8:57 am: That Pinke pose.[Agent X] 8:57 am: Though WHERE did the turt-Tortise's strength come from? No previous indication.[okamitsu] 8:58 am: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle with Kung-fu Rock-lifting Action[WorkbenchManiac] 8:58 am: anapsid-power![okamitsu] 8:58 am: Tanacity![scavgraphics] 8:59 am: there are three sneeze jokes in this epsiode[Agent X] 8:59 am: So Equestria apparently HAS Tanks.[scavgraphics] 8:59 am: the eagle, Rarity, and Twilight[okamitsu] 8:59 am: They do now.[scavgraphics] 8:59 am: Agent: We've known that[scavgraphics] 8:59 am: "Rainbow won't look like a tank"[Agent X] 8:59 am: WE have?[scavgraphics] 9:00 am: From Dress for Sucess[Agent X] 9:00 am: Well, Now I know.[okamitsu] 9:00 am: Well, did they have BATTLE tanks? Or was it just a water tank?[okamitsu] 9:00 am: And Knowing is Half the Battle![okamitsu] 9:00 am: Yay! Lesson Zero again![scavgraphics] 9:01 am: scary butt fun on pound puppies I see[pao] 9:01 am: well, we've moved on to My Little Pou--I mean, Pound Puppies[okamitsu] 9:01 am: Oh! Nayuki! Somepony on MegaSweet's livestream last night was wondering what fps this is done it. Do you know?[Nayuki] 9:02 am: animation is done at 24fps[okamitsu] 9:03 am: We were thinking 60 because of how smooth it is.[okamitsu] 9:04 am: Who else thinks today's was a Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy episode?[Agent X] 9:04 am: Okay. Back to buring Venezula to the ground.[pao] 9:04 am: and I still haven't gotten my coffee, so I'm off to do that[pao] 9:04 am: fun chatting with everyone![The Well]: Agent X has left at 9:04 am[WorkbenchManiac] 9:04 am: I´m off to the gym. See you guys next week![okamitsu] 9:04 am: It took me the whole hour to eat my breakfast.[Nayuki] 9:05 am: later y'all[scavgraphics] 9:05 am: it's my beagle's birthday 2day, so time to get beaglebrating[okamitsu] 9:05 am: Bye Nayuki![okamitsu] 9:05 am: xD I'm really losing it.[The Well]: pao has left at 9:05 am[The Well]: WorkbenchManiac has left at 9:06 am[The Well]: Nayuki has left at 9:06 am[The Well]: McGoerk has left at 9:06 am[scavgraphics] 9:07 am: hmm..scroll buffer so I don't have full chat...[The Well]: Guardian Prime has left at 9:07 am[scavgraphics] 9:07 am: or maybe i do....